Dream Bodies is back with another mystic, dreamy, and hypnotic EP Circle of Light, featuring 5 tracks leaning heavily on post-punk, dark wave, and dream pop.
If you like your music lingering, Don’t Look Back gives exactly just that, welcoming you with beats that are enough to let you nod your head and a bassline that is mesmerizing in the best way, setting an atmosphere that feels like boarding into a train for its last trip of the day. There’s something about his low and deep vocals that settles deeply into the track, inviting you to give in and immerse yourself in its depth. It fills your ears with the complexities of nostalgia from the rich and poetic lyrics. It’s echoing a bittersweet loss and longing, yet a reminder not to lose oneself over the past, to always pursue healing that grows from moving forward.
Eclipse starts off strong, not in an overwhelming way, but with catchy layers of synth, bass, and guitar. The track is not the heavy type of song, but is driving and charging fast enough, not letting you catch your breath, like being chased in one of your dreams and finding yourself panting and puffing after waking up. Despite it all, it still sounds ethereal, balancing a great production and storytelling.
Dream Hangover is an anthem for redemption after long, lonely, dark days. Filled with psychedelic beats and atmospheric layers, it is brimming with quiet courage and healing. The repetitiveness in the lyrics works so well, moving in perfect flow with the instrumental. The track is reflective, taking me back to those days where I’ve lost myself in the process yet found it again, a phase that was difficult and painful yet somehow, necessary.
Circle Of Light got that groovy and engaging beats, paired with a bassline that slaps and thumps with a rush, aiming straight to your chest. The track feels like it’s in a constant move, hypnotic, looping and spinning in circles. Blood Moon is an 89-sec instrumental that sounds expansive and broad, it’s floating in your ears, like gloom filling all the spaces in between.
This EP will grip and hold onto you with its moody, nostalgic, and haunting melodies, paired along with verses written delicately to make personal experience feel resonant and familiar. If you’ve ever loved Cocteau Twins or Echo & The Bunnymen, Dream Bodies’ Circle of Light is a great addition to your music library.